I'd be up for continuing, but I'm a tad wary of trying to catch lightning in the bottle again. I think several of us have had things come up to make it harder to post regularly.
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Sorry to hear the games must end, but it sounds like other things in your life are taking off. I'm happy for you and wish you all the best. It was a great game, everyone! I really enjoyed playing with everyone, and we nearly hit 4000 posts. That's a great success on these boards.
Barek picks up a couple of the war razors. "Yeah, they might fetch a good price. We shouldn't tell anyone they were owned by a murderous cult though." He nods at Tunder as Seldon is wrapping his wound. "Let's see what's on the next floor. Something tells me we'll eventually find who leads this cult."
Barek walks over to one of the men and pulls the hideous mask off his face. "What the heck is this supposed to be?" He hands the mask to Seldon and rolls the man over on his back to look for any clues.
Barek quickly closes the distance, jabbing at the man with his fist.
Hearing the sounds behind him, Barek finally turns back to the room seeing the cultist attacking Tunder and Seldon. His eyes widen and he rushes back into the room, shifting into his fighting stance. He swings his fist at the man's head. "Hands off him, a@%@~&@!"
Barek has turned back away from the room as Tunder shouts his warning, which is lost in the sounds of the mill.
Barek is taken aback by the seemingly normal work going on. He glances behind them to check for anyone. He shrugs at Tunder, but keeps his place at the rear of the group in case of an ambush.
"An Ogre? Huh. Never fought one of them before. I wonder what it would be like to punch an Ogre." He watches as Miri checks the door and gets ready to rush in.
Barek nods to Tunder. "You have the lighter step, and you can see in the dark. Lead us in and I'll watch the rear." Once the door is open, he'll allow the others to move in before entering and closing the door behind them.
Barek watches around the group as Miri tries to pick the lock. He prepares to move in front once she has the door open.
Barek nods. "Sounds good to me. We just need to get them to open the door." He cracks his knuckles. "After that, we'll see what mischief is going on."
"Go ahead, Miri. Be careful. Then we can try Selena's plan once we have an idea of what's around here."
"Wait, I-" Barek holds up his hand, but the dwarf's axe is too fast and comes crashing down, splitting the creature's head. He looks horrified at the execution. "Tunder! She wasn't any threat! We could have turned her over to someone! Given her as proof of whoever is behind this!" He looks up to the ceiling and sighs, trying to calm himself. "She was an enemy, but..." He stands up and walks away. "Let's find the sawmill and see what's there."
Barek leans down close to the stalker's face. "Hey, you heard the lady. And I know you speak common. Now tell us what she wants to know. Who put you up to looking like Aldern and why? Does it have anything to do with the Seven's Sawmill?" He spits as he talks and the spray lands in its face. The big fighter cracks his knuckles and holds up a fist to the faceless stalker. "Or you keep quiet and give me good excuse to see how well your rubbery head bounces off the floor."
Barek shoves a piece of lamb wrapped with flatbread and covered in some yogurt sauce into his mouth. "Mwwmmahm. Mmmawham." He looks at everyone for a moment. Then holds up his fist and points to the prisoner. After a few moments of chewing, Barek manages to swallow the food in his mouth. He reaches over for another piece of flatbread. "Dang, this is good. You want me to hit him again? Or maybe we ought to see if he'll tell us anything?"
"If you want to go out for some food, Seldon, take Miri or Tunder with you. I'll stay here with Selena to watch the prisoners. Bring the food back and we'll eat here. I'll throw out this nasty rat stew."
Barek recoils from the pots. "Ugh, some sort of stewed rat. There's still fur on it!" he quickly drops the pot lid back down. "I guess it could have been worse. If this really had been Aldern, it would have been something much worse." Barek heads upstairs to see what the others have found. "Hey, we found a key like that on Aldern, right? Or in the fungus, I can't remember. Somebody's got it, right?"
"What the hell are those things?" Barek leans down to lift the Iesha-thing and examine it. "Shapeshifters? Why would they want to appear like Aldern and Iesha? Where they living here?" Tentatively, Barek goes over to examine the food in the kitchen. He's almost certain he'll find something grotesque in the pot.
Heading out for Christmas. Sporadic posting for the rest of the week. Happy Holidays everyone!
"Right," Barek says as he marches over and tries to punch Iesha in the nose.
"Something's not right! He doesn't feel normal!"
You absolutely did. I still don't know what the heck is going on. Illusion? Time Travel? No magic though... It's just that the last time we saw Aldern, he was a bloodthirsty, undead killer. No matter how inviting he is, we weren't just going to sit down for dinner with him, especially Miri.
Seeing Aldern draw a weapon on Tunder, Barek changes his plan to grab the man. He balls up his fists and delivers a deadly series of blows. "You evil, sonnab%@#*! We'll put you down again!"
Seeing the others react to Iesha trying to touch Miri, Barek reaches to grab Aldern and hold him. "Stop it now! Answer our questions!"
Barek is completely confused, but finds himself in the odd position of trying not to fight. "Ok, Aldrern, you seem to know us. I think you should answer Selena's question. What are our names?" "We last saw you, Aldern, at your place near Sandpoint and you were a murderer, so please excuse our reaction." He points to the boarded up windows. "Can you explain why the windows are all shuttered? We thought this place abandoned long ago."
Barek looks at the others, confused. "Um, excuse us. Yes, it's uh, wonderful to see you again." He glances around. "We actually weren't sure if you were here or not. We came to check on you and the house." Barek steps into the room, trying to discern if things were really as they seemed.
Barek gets out of the carriage and looks at the townhouse. "Well, I can't imagine the neighbors are very happy about how that looks." He nods to Selena story. "Uh, yes. Let's hope Master Lemhock gave us the right keys." He walks up the stoop and glances around, motioning Miri to come up if he thinks everything is ok.
Barek is taken aback by Selena's new look and her insistence that nothing is wrong. But he knew when to leave well enough alone with a woman. "Uh, ok. Nevermind. You look good." "Right, let's go see the manor."
Barek looks up and sees the strange woman. "Who are you?!" He leaps to his feet, but recognizes Selena's voice coming out of the woman's mouth. "Selena? Is that you? What did you do? You...You know you look different, right?"
Leaving for Thanksgiving holidays. I'll probably be able to post late in the evenings, but not much more.
Barek lounges on the deck of the ship, happy to take in the sea air. He greets many of the sailor and shakes anyone's hand who wants to meet and talk to The Heroes of Sandpoint. He watches the Foxglove Manor go by with a wary eye, almost as if the house itself were to jump out and attack them on the open sea. When it goes out of view, he breathes a sigh of relief.
Barek smiles as they reenter Sandpoint, glad they are out of the Thistletop demonic horrors and through with the Foxglove manor. He waves to Selena as she heads off to her bed for the evening. The fighter enter the Rusty Dragon Inn amid waves and handshakes. By the time a piping hot bowl of stew is delivered to him, he's already downed three ales and feels much more sedate. He looks over to his companions to remain. "So we make for Magnimar tomorrow? There's some stuff to sell, but I figure we can do that in the morning. Tunder, I think both of us should have eyes of some magic to help us in case we run into things like the shadow creatures again." He pauses, looking at his solid, but unmagical fists. "You might have more luck there than me."
Barek nods. "I agree, and I don't feel like staying the night here. We need to see this business with Foxglove is finished."
Barek nods. "Yeah, I'm about done with this place. Nualia was insane to be seeking this kind of power." He looks around nervously as if he expects another shadow to appear.
Barek nods. "Right. Let's get going." He leads the group into the next room.
Barek smacks his fist into his hand in frustration. "I couldn't do anything to help you all back there! We need to be careful of creatures like that. Tunder, Miri, we're going to need to find some magic to help us. Without Selena or Seldon, we would have been sitting ducks just waiting for them to feed on us!" He growls. "Let's press on for now. Seldon's magic will hold for a bit longer. If we find ourselves in a bind, we can try to fall back."
Barek withdraws from the shadow to let Tunder finish it off. "Have at it, Tunder!"
Barek realizes this is far different from the shadow boxing he's used to and he probably can't even hurt the things. He concentrates on avoiding their touch instead.
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Barek moves in after Tunder. He examines the first sarcophagus he comes across, trying to reach any inscription on it.
"Ok, let's go see what the rest of this floor has." Barek leads the group out to explore the last remaining door.
Barek nods at Seldon gathering up the candles, having caught his breath a bit. "Not much room in here. I wonder what you do for thousands of years if you're trapped in here. I would go bonkers."
Agreed. Miri never left us. I'd be happy to have you back.
Barek shakes his head. "Seldon healed me. I just need to catch my breath." The fighter still looks fresh though he's breathing hard.
A very boring level for Barek. I've decided to keep him on the Fighter path for now. Level 6 Class: Fighter (Brawler)
+1 BAB Skills: Intimidate (2 ranks)
Barek kicks the monster's body in the mouth and spits on it. "Foul thing! Put up a hell of a fight though." He gingerly touches the claw marks raked in his skin and shudders as Seldon's healing closes them. The big fighter breathes heavily and leans against the wall. "Take a look around. I'm just going to rest for a moment."
Wow, I wasn't really sure we would pull that one out. Good job, folks!
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